India’s Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal storms into pre quarter finals of BWF World Championship in Tokyo.
London Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal produced a fine performance to kick-off her BWF World Championships campaign with a straight game win over Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi. A former world number one, Saina took 38 minutes to dispatch Ngan Yi 21-19 21-9 in the opening round.
Saina Nehwal’s straight game win over Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi
The 32-year-old Indian, who has a silver and bronze from the Worlds, thus moved into the pre-quarterfinals as her second-round opponent, Nozomi Okuhara pulled out of the tournament due to an injury, giving the Indian a bye.
